Is this semicolon correct?
"I put conditioner on my hairy knuckles; it makes them soft and shiny."
(Ignore the strange statements, it's a project for year 7.)
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Sign up to join this communityThis is an appropriate use of the semi-colon - a situation "where sentences are grammatically independent but the meaning is closely connected". (Michael Swan, Practical English Usage, 2005.476)
Hairy knuckles
.. haha. That's exactly what is used in this awesome illustration. theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon